| Philosophy and Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif Contributor(s): Lahey, Stephen E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521058465 ISBN-13: 9780521058469 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Revisionist study of the political and ecclesiological theories of the fourteenth-century philosopher John Wyclif. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 270.509 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought; Fourth |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: John Wyclif was the fourteenth-century English thinker responsible for the first English Bible, and for the Lollard movement--persecuted widely for its attempts to reform the church through empowerment of the laity. This study argues that John Wyclif's political agenda was based on a coherent philosophical vision ultimately consistent with his earlier reformative ideas. Several of Wyclif's formal, Latin works proposed that the king should take control of all church property and power in the kingdom, a vision close to what Henry VIII was to realize 150 years later. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lahey, Stephen E.: - Stephen E. Lahey is Assistant Professor of History, Le Moyne College, New York. |